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Sexual orientation

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is one of the most fascinating
aspects of our existence,

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and that is because sexual thoughts
and attractions are experienced

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inside our minds.

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Every individual's sexual orientation
is a bit different from the other,

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just like personalities and appearances
are slightly different in each person.

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Different people are attracted
romantically or sexually

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to various features
and characteristics in others.

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Some people do not feel attraction at all

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and identify as asexual.

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A person's feelings about attraction

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can evolve or may stay the same over time.

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The same is true across cultures
and countries all over the world.

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From when I was a small child,

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I remember myself
falling in love with boys.

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Although, you know,
from time to time, in my dreams,

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I would be fascinated by a beautiful woman

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and feel something from imagining a woman.

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Now, I never found myself
attracted to a real-life woman

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standing in front of me, so--

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I consider myself straight.

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From a very early age,
I experienced this feeling

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that would later
become attraction towards men.

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For years, I was so afraid of dealing
with my sexual orientation.

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Until at the age of 21,

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I hooked up with a woman,

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(sound of horse clopping)

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and that made me realize, finally,
that women are just not my cup of tea.

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So from then on, I started
the process of accepting my feelings

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and coming out as gay
to my family and friends.

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I would probably
define myself as pansexual.

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(sound of sipping)

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I'm more drawn to the soul and character

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and less to a specific gender.

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I had relationships with all genders,

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as each of them met
a different emotional need of mine.

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And for the past three years,
I've been living with an amazing woman,

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who I'm still madly in love with.

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As you can see, there is a wide variety
of sexual orientations.

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Human sexual orientation is a spectrum.

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As we open our minds further,

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we learn to respect and accept
the differences in each other

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and realize that love and attraction
may come in many forms.

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